Bridge for eyeglasses and spectacles.



S. J. CLULEE.

BRIDGE FOR EYEGLASSES AND SPECTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED 056.23.1918.

1,298,294. Patented Mar. 25,1919.

In ve ntor.

BY gvzzi Attorney.

STEPHEN. J. CLULEE, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRIDGE FOR EYEGLASSES AND' SPECTACLES.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed December 23, 1918. Serial No. 267,936. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN J. CLULEE, citizen of the United States,residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBridges for Eyeglasses and Spectacles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the bridges'of optical frames and has for itsprimary objects the proper distribution of the weight of the framewhereby the arch of the bridge is prevented from injuring the skin, andto attain this result in a simple, strong, inconspicuous, inexpensiveand non-detachable structure.

To these ends essentially my invention consists of such parts and suchcombinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which form apart of this specification,

Figure l is a front elevation .of a pair of spectacles embodying myinvention,

Fig. 2, a section on line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, a rear elevation of the bridge, and

Fig. 4, a plan view of the bridge unbent.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

In the drawings 5 are the lenses, 6 the rims, and 7 the temples, of apair of spec tacles, all of usual construction. The bridge, indicated ina general Way by 9, comprises the arch 10 including the arm portions 11thereof upon the lower end of which are integral knobs or pads 12,opposite each other,

and in such position as to contact with the sides of the wearers nose.In this instance they are upon the inner sides of the arms at pointsadjacent the bends 14: which form the necks connecting the remainder ofthe bridge to the rims 6.

In detail the knobs in this case are circular and somewhat flattened inoutline, and of greater diameter than the thickness of the adjacentportions of the arms, and have convex bearing faces 15.

That portion of the original strip which is intended to be bent into abridge, may be subjected to dies and produce the initial form shown inFig. 4.

The cheapness and strength of this construction are therefore obvious.The weight of the whole spectacle frame is evenly distributed upon thenose at the points 10 and 12 making a three point contact. There istherefore no digging into the nose at the point 10 as is now so usual.It will be noted that the knobs 12 are inconspicuous, symmetrical, andnot subject to detachment.

I claim,-

As a new article of manufacture, a blank for a bridge for eye-glasses orspectacles, the same comprising in a single piece an oblong fiat striphaving a swelled intermediate portion, and circular convex enlargementsadjacent the ends.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

STEPHEN J. CLULEE.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

